I am thinking about building a 'H' quad copter and design it so the front two motors can rotate forward using the slider on my TX to allow for a more streamline forward flight. I know some people…Continue

I had a hardware idea. We know of course of 3dr Mavlink radios... What if 3dr had a ‘pro’ version or ‘MavTalk’ version. The idea is to make the ground side radio slightly bigger with a speaker and…Continue

"I have noticed this myself. I don't know what it is but I swear it's not just my imagination. Perhaps the first flight the gps takes longer to acquire than subsequent flights. Or the compass when set to auto adjust or what is it?.... auto…"

What's the best method to connect a 3dr radio [ eBay version ] with a df-13 socket to usb [ pc ] ?? I need to set up one in MP and cannot see how to connect to my pc. The last time I did this several years ago it had the pins for the FTDI cable but now that it's just the DF-13 socket I'm stuck. Must be a better way than a bunch of pins and jumpers!!! ???? See More

"I think this is the log. The time is says doesn't make sense so I'm not %100 sure. I sure don't see anything on here that looks even remotely close to 60 mph??? I swear that's what it said on my Taranis... perhaps it's a…"

"Okay so if I recall it was headed north when it was armed and heading south probably west / south-west by 2000-4000 feet or so when I looked down and noticed the arrow outside the box. As I recall the bearing / the direction the arrow was pointing…"

"Hi Paul
I flew my quad yesterday W/ arducopter 3.4 and open TX 2.0... not sure what the triangular shaped thing is called on the far right in the main screen but anyway it works great except it managed to get almost %100 out of the screen. It does…"

"I did get it back to normal thx! Guess I'll need to ask over at the apm forum what they are using to calculate altitude. Maybe they use a combo of baro and gps to come up with a more accurate reading that just the baro. It's like it way…"

"I was in the telemetry screen - Sensors down to sensor 7 and bumped something now it reads [0.0ft] Funny thing is sensor 29 is reading correctly. Any idea how to reset sensor 7 that shows on the main screen? thx"

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Interesting, wonder how this would work on arduplane as opposed to arducopter. If GPS could hold its altitude well enough, or if we can get the barometer to be exposed and have foam blocking it from the outside?

Hi Richard; I bit the bullet and ordered a NAZA V2. I think that It will fly my Y6. I still cannot get it to configure properly and again it really acts funny in Loiter mode. I will keep up posted as to my progress as I have ordered a 250mm squad to be a test bed for the PixHawk...

Can't blame you for trying out all the options. Please do keep me up to spead how it all plays out. I too have thought of a 'mini' quad. Can never have too many toys. Although my wife would disagree. ha

Hi Richard, I just found out how to get 14 channels via bus with my fatuba t14sg. I was messing around with the sbus and thought that I would hook up the bus extension to see if I could pass an open channel through to control the gimbal. I programmed the cable to channel 8 and then connected all up and guess what. I now have sbus to the Pixhawk for the first 7 channels and now I have 8,9 and 10 (just a three connector sbus sbc-1) I wanted to share this with you, I thought that I remembered you stating that you would like to have a few extra channels to play with... Hope all is going well. The Pixhawk bird is mounted on a f450 NAZA frame and is functioning properly. I did find my issues with the Y6.. It was the ESC's Going to order new ones with out Simon K

Hi Richard; Well seams that I only talk to you when I have issues. I have a new quad that I put the Y6 PixHawk into. Loaded the new firmware for the quad and now I cannot get motors 3 and 2 to run. I cannot even get it to spin on any motor when trying to test each motor. All I get is a very pretty song by the PixHawk. but no motors.. I can Arm and switch to Loiter mode and again only the 1 and 4 motor will respond. What in your opinion am I doing wrong? I can upload pictures if you want them. It is a clean installation.

Also I never did get the Y6 to fly, I gave up trying to get the PixHawk to function properly. It only flew on the bench with out props of course.. Any help is welcome... If you like I can ship the Pixhawk to you and let you see if there is an issue with the unit....thanks..jim

Hi Jim. Man I really don't know! It could be so many things. Are these the same esc's on your last Y6 you didn't get working? my guess is the esc's aren't all synced the same. Maybe they don't have the same settings like the timing?? What esc's are you using? How did you set them up? I'd be more inclined to think it's a esc issue than the pixhawk but then again you never know. I have had problems with set up and it's never been and apm or pixhawk it was a connection or a esc calibration issue. I would make sure all 6 esc's are set the same with the esc firmware or the card that you can use to set thump. THEN re-dot the esc calibration via the pixahwk again and see what happens. Sorry i wish I had an answer! Very frustrating for you I'm sure!

Hi Richard. I do have new 40A ESC from RCTimer. These are not the same ESCs as in the Y6. I Programed each one at at time and then all at one time by plugging in the battery with full throttle and then waiting for the sounds. You know the routine. When I program each motor by itself it functions right, from a very slow RPM to full throttle. But when I reset them back into the system nothing. Only motors 1 and 4 will spin.

The Y6 now has a NAZA V2 as the controller and it flies without problem one. And it is using the same ESCs that I tried to run with the PixHawk. Spyder Install.JPG this is a picture of the install. I have an extra receiver hanging over the side as the original receiver is mounted in the canopy. Both are Sbus so radio function is the same. Any clue? I have searched the forum for this but have not found anything like I am witnessing.

Well it sure sounds like you covered all the basses maybe you do in fact just have a bad pixhawk? Have you contacted 3dr? Let them know you've tried so set up a Y6 several times with and have exhausted all your options and think it's defective. I really don't know what else to try!!!!